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Leon de Winter

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Leon de Winter was born in ’s-Hertogenbosch in 1954 as the son of Dutch Jews. He began writing as a teenager after the death of his father. From 1976, he has worked in Holland and the USA as an independent author and filmmaker. His novels are immensely successful in the Netherlands and abroad; some of them have been made into films for cinema and television, for example ›The Sky of Hollywood‹ (movie title: ›The Hollywood Sign‹) directed by Sönke Wortmann. A film version of the novel ›SuperTex‹ was directed by Jan Schütte. Leon de Winter's books are published in 21 languages.

»Ingenious, entertaining, funny – always to the surprise and delight of the reader.«Der Spiegel

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